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Gregory Corso teaches Allen Ginsberg's class, The history of poetry, June, 1975.

by: Corso, Gregory

Publication date: 1975-06-09
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The first two classes in a "History of poetry" series by Allen Ginsberg in the summer of 1975, taught by Gregory Corso while Ginsberg was sick. Corso holds the class in a "Socratic" format, allowing the students to ask him questions about anything they wish. He describes his process of editing and shaping a poem, and also talks about his family and relations with members of the Beat generation.

Addeddate: 2006-03-29 20:07:42
Boxid: OL100020112
Event: class
Identifier: Gregory_Corso_The_history_of_poetry_June_1975_75P002
Naropa_identifier: 75P002
Run time: 1:28:53
Taped by: Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics
Year: 1975